English wine? It’s Markup Pierre White

The celebrity chef branded it “over­priced and not very good”, but that hasn’t stopped him charg­ing £44 a bot­tle for Cor­nish­made Bac­chus Dry at his Wheeler’s Oys­ter Bar & Grill in Lon­don.

And he’s charg­ing al­most three times the £14.99 it goes for in Waitrose. Six bot­tles bought di­rectly from the vine­yard would cost Pierre White £75.36, so his hefty mark up makes his profit per case a mas­sive £188.64.

Bob Lindo, founder of Camel Val­ley Vine­yards, who sup­plied the wine, tweeted a photo of the menu and wrote: “It gives me great plea­sure to wel­come Marco Pierre White to the numpty club”.

At his re­cent Ply­mouth res­tau­rant open­ing White, 55, said: “The French make the best wine. The English just play at it. Why buy it un­less you are a to­tal numpty?” ■■Send your com­ments – let me know what you think. And check out Twit­ter and Face­book – @Walk­erRe­solver @ re­solver­couk, face­book. com/re­solver.co.uk